Climatic fluctuations in southern Italy since the 17th century: Reconstruction with precipitation records at Benevento

Climatic Change

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 411-431

  Diodato, Nazzareno ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

LITTLE ICE AGE; SAMNIUM RIVER REGION (SRR); WEATHER ANOMALIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANOMALY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; LITTLE ICE AGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; TIMESCALE;

AGRICULTURE; METEOROLOGY;

BENEVENTO; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SAMNIUM; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846625865     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9119-1     Document Type: Article

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